A report from the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis details the country's role in fighting TB globally, and outlines further actions that can be taken to control the epidemic of drug-resistant TB. Read more

Staying current on the latest global health issues can be difficult. Check out some of the blogs we regularly read! Read more

A great New England Journal of Medicine article from our friends at Partners in Health explains the history of the TB epidemic and the Gates Foundation blog asks, "Should we be worried about tuberculosis?". Newly appointed World Bank President, Jim Kim, blogs on his recent trip to South Africa and the work the Bank is doing to combat TB in mines. Read more

Advocates from the TB Europe Coalition (TBEC) met with TB advocates in Chisinau and Balti, Moldova in mid-August. The visit was facilitated by the Centre for Health Policies and Studies (NGO Principal Recipient of the Global Fund for TB and HIV) and Speranta Terrei (a community-based organisation based in Balti working with TB patients). The main objectives of the TBEC visit were to inform local advocates about advocacy in the European Union, the Berlin Declaration and the M/XDR-TB Action Plan, to explore how TBEC might join forces with Moldovan NGOs. Read more

Check out MSF's new report which highlights progress across 23 countries on HIV treatment strategies, tools and policies needed to increase treatment scale-up. Read more

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and South African businesswoman and TV host Gerry Elsdon write about the key to attacking the HIV epidemic - combating TB. Read more

Read Save the Children UK's new report that guides civil society organizations (CSOs) in how to effectively advocate for increases in government support for health. Read more

This is the latest progress report by the United Nations on the Millennium Development Goals, published July 2, 2012. Read more